Tim Godwin: 'Riot police numbers will double'

Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin said officers would be robustly policing any events of disorder that took place on a potential fourth night of violent disorder.

"We are more than doubling the number of police officers. We have got the full support of the government in getting aid from outside of London as is necessary." he added.

The Acting Commissioner also urged parents to keep their children off the steets, "There were far too many young people on the streets of London last night in places that were both dangerous and violent."

He also sought to reassure citizens in the capital that those involved in the riots, looting and arson would be brought to justice.